introduction: to report the experience of the jordan university hospital with respect to the surgical treatment of otosclerosis and to compare results and complications with published studies.   materials and methods: the medical records of all patients who underwent stapes surgery for otosclerosis at the jordan university hospital during the period january 2003 to december 2010 were reviewed. ...

We prospectively studied 48 otosclerosis patients over a 2-year interval. Forty-four had stapedotomy, and four had stapedectomy. Demographics, clinical history, and pre- and postoperative audiometry results were recorded. A questionnaire asking about tinnitus (intensity, pitch) and including a visual analog scale quantifying the degree (1-10) of annoyance caused by the tinnitus was completed pr...